New Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Trailer – The Bright Master

Today we’re unveiling a brand new trailer for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that reveals the long-speculated identity of the Wraith, the mysterious Spirit of vengeance that has denied protagonist Talion’s death.

All of us at Monolith Productions are extremely excited to announce that the Wraith is the greatest smith of Middle-earth’s Second Age, the Elf-lord Celebrimbor.

Celebrimbor’s impact on Middle-earth is momentous. His skilled hands forged the Rings of Power.

Celebrimbor was once a genuine challenger to The Dark Lord, and still wields the power to vanquish Sauron, especially after his defeat by The White Council at Dol Goldur. After all, they’ve met on the battlefield before, centuries prior to the events of Shadow of Mordor.

Celebrimbor’s tale is one that we knew needed to be told. His moral pedigree is far from black and white. His downfall was terrible, and driven by pride. And, that’s only scratching the surface.

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As much as it would have been cool if this was a “surprise reveal” during the game, I believe the developers have good reason for revealing a crucial detail.

The majority of current LotR fans stem from people who have only watched the movies. Some (myself included), read the original LotR trilogy after seeing the movies, but have not delved any deeper into the rich history or mythology that is built up in Tolkien’s world.

Leaving this as a surprise, I’m sure most people playing this game would end up scratching their heads, wondering where this character came from. Better that the developers explain the history and the figure first, and then give us the story to enjoy. We can still learn of his plight and experience Talion’s journey and interaction with Celembrimbor fully with just a bit of basic knowledge.

Please show us some gameplay footage. I think we’ve all been burned by awesome cutscene videos for games that ended up being horrible. We just want to know how the game actually plays so we know what we’re getting into. I want to like this game, but need a little more info

Thank you so much Monolith and WB for crafting such a beautiful game in a brand new original story, in the mythos of The hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings. I am such a fan of your possible storyline, and I can tell that this project has truly been a labor of love for the developers by the shear excitement of Michael and Christian when speaking about the game. It’s makes me even more pumped to take the ride. I am hoping and praying that this game becomes a series, if the buildup to it’s release is any indication I’d say that Monolith truly has created one game to rule them all. Congratulations Monolith your success is truly deserved with the love and care you put into Shadows development, this fan will be supporting your work at midnight at Game-stop. The talent they’ve recruited bringing the characters to life is with out a doubt the best in the business, thanks for creating a great game based on the universe instead of a mediocre game based the books and movies. RBrophy04@aol.com

SPOILER ALERT: The greatest smiith of the Second Age, Celebrimbor, died for his torment, under torture for not revealing where he had sent the greatest of the rings of power for safe-keeping, (greatest save the One Ring itself). The three rings of power being sent away for safe-keeping. He was last of the line of Fëanor whom was his grand-sire. Fëanor crafted the very simirils which lit the two trees, Telperion and Laurelin, in Aman where the Valar lived, whilst middle-earth remained dark. He also invented tengwar, the beautiful script that was used maliciously to write the black speech on to the One Ring. Sauron, just like Satan, is a great deceiver. He had tricked Celebrimbor into making the seven, and the nine, yet although the three as I have stated were unsullied by Sauron, there was a connexion between these rings, which in the end, led to the elves having to leave middle-earth, as we see at the end of Return of the King. Even so the elves knew they had been deceived when Sauron began etching the black speech onto the One Ring, hence they took them off… I look forward to hearing Celebrimbor’s story within this game.﻿